Is Bollywood’s Siddharth Gupta Going To Be The New Aladdin For Disney’s Upcoming Live Action Film?

Disney has unleashed a global search to cast Aladdin and Jasmine for their upcoming live action version of Aladdin, to be directed by Guy Ritchie. Yesterday, we reported how Disney is apparently facing a lot of trouble trying to cast their culturally appropriate leads. We expressed our utter disbelief and fear of them using this as an excuse to whitewash the cast, more like it. Allegedly, Disney is having difficulty finding a 20-something Middle Eastern or Indian guy, who can act as well as sing. And for some reason they won’t cast the female lead before they find the guy. Well, okay then.

The fresh rumour that broke today is that Vikas Gupta’s (of MTV's Kaisi Hai Yaarian) brother Siddharth Gupta has been finalised for Aladdin’s role. You may have no idea who he is. He is the guy who made his Bollywood debut with Ekta Kapoor's Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi. The film tanked of course, which is why you haven’t heard of him.

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According to Bollywood Life, who reached out to both Vikas and Disney, this story is not true. While Vikas apparently chose to make no comments about it, Disney India trashed the reports as untrue. They are yet to zero in on their lead cast.

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The disgruntled folks of Twitter took to the microblogging site to throw in their suggestions for the role, as did we. But, Disney wants newcomers for the role, so it isn’t likely that they will go with any of the suggested people.